You could start with your agent or a local agent who supports investors and could have contacts to refer to you.Lastly, you could consider negotiating with a local PM to take on a hybrid approach to management.  

I'm in the process of comping duplexes vs condos, but was hoping for community input on any local factors I might be missing.  

Use crime maps and local insights to guide your search.9.

Johnny, sometimes the best lenders aren’t local.

Hi Daniel, Columbus GA has properties much lower in price than the metro Atlanta area, you should do fine to learn your local market.

He is a wealth of knowledge on the area and is actively investing locally as well.

If you're located in WI, check out Premier Point Realty and Homestead Realty....both offer the licensing course at a discount and some of the lowest fees/commission splits in our local market.

Have you gone to any local meetups? 

I'm hosting a local meetup in Mankato, feel free to shoot me a message if anyone is interested in joining!

I'm also hopeful to get some local cooperation now that he's claiming partnerships with local government.